housekeeper will try to talk to her mother or Mr. Bogart. Everything she have hidden from her mother such as the forged signatures, the fallen tests, the dental
note, the report cards, the PTA meeting will come out p. 36. Although Kimberly does not agree with
Annette‟s advice, Annette still warns Kimberly to tell somebody else because Luke can do bad things toward her
even he can bring a knife. At this point Kimberly feels so confused. On one side she is afraid of Luke but on another side she does not want to tell everybody else
because she thinks that it will make the situation become worse. According to the situation above, Kimberly faces avoidance-avoidance
intrapersonal conflict. Avoidance-avoidance intrapersonal conflict is the conflict in which a person has to face the situation in which she he has to make a decision
between two unpleasant purposes. Kimberly faces two unpleasant choices. First, she chooses to accept Luke‟s challenge to fight him and she may be killed by him
or she chooses to tell someone else and the bad possiblity is that her mother will meet Mr. Bogart and her mother will know all about her lies.
4. Studying at the Private School or the Public School
The fourth intrapersonal conflict is about choosing the next school. Kimberly is naturally smart. She is always number one in her old school in
Hongkong. However, in America all the things are not the same as in Hongkong. The assignments, the teachers, the friends, and the school system are very
different from her school in Hongkong. Firstly, Kimberly feels very down and many times she tries to escape. Nevertheless, after her quite long struggle she can
improve her grades. When her principal knows about Kimberly‟s grades, she wants Kimbely to get the best school after she graduates from the elementary
school. Kimberly is very happy to hear that but at the same time she also feels sad because her mother does not have enough money. Thus, it creates intrapersonal
conflict in Kimberly self. She has to decide wheter she has to continue to the private school which is considered as the good school or she has to continue her
study in the public school. Therefore, in this fifth intrapersonal conflict, the writer will discuss what conflict she faces when she wants to continue her study.
Even though Kimberly has difficulties in learning English she tries her best and she can improve some of her grades. Kimberly‟s fast improvement
suprises her elementary school principal whose name is Mrs. LaGuardia. One day Mrs. LaGuardia, the principal, opens Kimberly
‟s classroom door the Social Studies. She says yo Mr. Bogart that she need to meet Kimberly Chang p. 37.
For the first time Kimberly was so afraid because she thought that Mrs. LaGuardia would give a punishment because of her grades and fighting.
However, the fact is Mrs. LaGuardia asks Kimberly to come to her office not to punish her because of grades and fighting but she wants to discuss about
Kimberly‟s future school plan. She knows that Kimberly still has difficulties in leaning English so she attempts to help Kimberly to find the best school which
can help her to improve her English. Mrs. LaGuardia tells Kimberly that she is worried about what may happen to her if Kimberly studies in a school without the
facilities to help her improving her abilities. Therefore mr. LaGuardia advises Kimberly to consider a private school p. 37.
Going to the private school is not as easy as that. For Kimberly, the private school means a lot of money. She and her mother does not have a lot of money
since they only work at the factory and they still have to pay their debts to Aunt Paula. It creates an intrapersonal conflict for her. Actually, she really wants to go
to the private school but she realizes that she has not much money to pay the school fee p. 38
When Mrs. LaGuardia asks Kimberly if she wants go to the private school, Kimberly answers that she wants it but she also considers the school fee.
However, Mrs LaGuardia says that the private school will naturally have to offer her a scholarship. She says that no one will expect Kimberly and her mother to
pay for it by themselves. It means that the private school will naturally have to offer Kimberly a scholarship. She cannot fully guarantee about the scholarship but
she believes that there is a opportunity for Kimberly p. 38. From the situation above, Kimberly encounters double-avoidance
intrapersonal conflict. There are two types of double-avoidance conflict. The first has two purposes. They are bad and good features. There are also two purposes in
the second type but every purpose has two bad and two good features. Kimberly experiences the first type of double-avoidance conflict. she has to choose two
choices. Each of them has two possibilities. The first choice is Kimberly chooses to continue her study in the private school and she can improve her English skill
and has the opportunity to get a better future. However, if she chooses the private school rather than the public school she has to pay a lot of money. Second choice
is she chooses to continue her study in the public school and she does not have to
